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Bill.
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Completely different on phone very few bombs fall but much harder to do as licquorice does not fall either, on PC more bombs but more licquorice. Need chocolate bomb plus striped candy to clear licquorice in bulk.

Exactly, the licorice simply does not fall. On the mobile you won't get as many bombs, but the licorice if few and far between. On the PC the licorice falls pretty good, but the bombs are plentiful. I had to use extra moves to get through this. It sucked.

Just completed this episode and for nearly every level I needed to use loads and loads of boosters . I doubt I would ever have completed it without a good supply of free boosters . Would love to be able to play without boosters but so many levels are virtually impossible , without them I would have stopped playing ages ago . On level 1635 there was no problem with the licorice falling but I still needed to used free extra moves to complete the game. Think I have become impatient when games are frustrating. MW

I'm playing on an iPad and had the same problem with not enough licorice. I used the mystery boosters (I've saved loads) which gave me a few extra licorice and got down to needing 6 more at the end so used booster gold bars to get the 5 extra,moves. Before this the closest I got was needing 12 more licorice, and I must have played about 30 games.

@ Cat, I'm having the same problem (Iphone). I agree, there seems to be no rhyme or reason when/if the licorice falls. I have a bunch of check mark boosters from sugar crush and even though I've used one with each try (they turn into a licorice), I still don't get close to getting enough. I've used about 20 of them. No more. It's ridiculous. If this isn't fixed I guess I'm stuck at this level and it'll be over for me unless I figure out another way that boosters will work.

Anonymous37- Thanks for your input. After many more iPad tries, at this point using choc ball, stripe and check boosters and resetting when needed but never coming close, when I came within four I used gold bars for extra moves. Those sugar drop and daily spins have certainly come in handy when dealing with totally luck-driven idiotic levels like this one. Good luck to you and all.

Yup I have hardly any as not playing enuff while waiting for new episodes to get thenm. Regardless u must be impatient as I hv got thru most without them. The couple of hamners and hand switches came in handy but only used when it was very hard and took my chance.

If your playing on mobile. .I found licorice tends to drop on 3rd or 4th move..wasn't always predictable. I saved combis such as wraps and choc bombs anticipated and used to create a cascade..this meant if I timed it right lots of licorice would fall. After realising this I got closer to my goal and finally got it out with a massive cascade and 9 moves left. Still this is not designed for mobile unless it is difficult on computer as well. Good luck. Didn't enjoy spawners this level. Glad to be done

On Android licorice doesn't fall until I manage to remove middle spawner then again when I remove right spawner. Then only once more with not as many. I have only got down to still needing 20. I have never been able to remove the left spawner. Maybe that's the problem.

So why does King penalize those of us who compete the highest level episode within 1 or 2 days. We should still be allowed to play the treasure chests. Hey King we are your best and most loyal customers

I just passed this on the iPad. I figured out that the only way to get more licorice is to crush the candies on the top conveyor belt. Look for any matches of 3 or more and the candies will be replaced with licorice and start cascading down. I realized this a little too late so I still had to use extra moves but I only had 5 licorice left to get so I passed the level.

I also play on iPad. Here, only the middle spawner spits out bombs. The right and left ones seem to be inactive, but I can't destroy them either. I hit both numerous times and they just wouldn't explode.I tried all the tips, but nothing worked. Check mark booster gives a few additional licorice, but my best result was still 18 needed. They just wouldn't fall. I'm waiting for the next episode, maybe they'll fix the level for iPad.

Not even close to completing on Ipad. Many tries. Switched to PC and completed on first try. Licorice readily fell. Only needed to destroy middle spawner. Unlike Ipad, PC produced timed bombs from undestroyed spawners, but were easily managed. Also, on Ipad hit outside spawners many times but did they did not destroy

As I only play on iPad and iPhone, am with the rest of you who are having the same issues, not enough licorice falling. Even when I was lucky enough to eliminate all three spawners, no luck getting close to 80...I have no idea what a lucky board would look like, haven't seen anything close to it! Difficult to hit outside spawners as candies just drop away from them and seems that even if you do hit them a few times, nothing happens. I just wish that King would have the same game on all devices! Don't understand why more difficult, less tries, less able to accomplish on one device over another?????

And this isn't marked a Hard Level, WHY? Been playing for days, no closer to completing, even with hints...Playing on iPad and that seems to be the issue...Not fair that the game is different on different devices! Come on King, either change it to a HARD LEVEL, so we know it isn't easy, or make a change so that we have more licorice! This might be a good level to stop p,aging all together!

Play on Android. Same problems not getting enough licorice. Finally after many, many tries beat it one of the few times I got all three spawners and using a check booster. Still had to buy a set of extra moves. The time I won when I got the spawner on tbe left a whole row of licorice dropped on my last move and I only needed ten more at that point. I think it must be impossible without boosters.

On iPad and NEVER enough licorice. Finally finished this off by using 15 extra moves from my bonus gold bars. Got fed up with there not being enough licorice. Hopefully this will be fixed but I am through now. Good luck everyone, but I doubt this is a game of luck with licorice not being available. I don't have a PC to play on or I would have tried that. Back to collecting sugar drops now. Couldn't find any pattern at all as to when the licorice dropped. Very frustrating!

Played a few more times since posting, and even when lucky enough to take out all three spawners, lowest I got to was 15. This level isn't about being patient and waiting for luck on iPad. Can't be done if, even when lucky, licorice doesn't fall. Seems like the programmers can't be testing all platforms before releasing. They should.

Right?! This video is full of it! Not even close to what happens on my android. Been stuck for days. Closest I got was 5 left, but no licorice would fall!! Probably a good time to finally quit and stop wasting my time on this infuriating game!

Right?! This video is full of it! Not even close to what happens on my android. Been stuck for days. Closest I got was 5 left, but no licorice would fall!! Probably a good time to finally quit and stop wasting my time on this infuriating game!

Omg, can't believe it! Right after I posted my rant on here, tried one more time on my last life and passed without boosters!!! I'm totally mythed how this happened but relieved! Good luck and may the licorice be with you.

Ok,I finally got through this on the iPad. Had to use the tick booster and purchase extra moves. This time I let the liquorice build up then,by pure luck,managed to get rid of all 3 spawners. Plus made a couple of chocolate bombs to get rid of the bombs. The liquorice builds up more quickly once the spawners have gone. There is no way I'd have got through it without extra moves.

I finished this with no power-ups on an iPhone after around 50 tries. Here are the keys:

1) Obviously get the middle spinner asap. If you can't hit the middle spinner on your first move, restart the board. If you haven't destroyed it by the 8th move, quit and restart the board. Destroy it fast enough and you'll get licorice to drop when the move counter reads 23 or 22.

2) Destroy one of the side spinners. It doesn't matter which one and you don't need both, but you will need at least one of them. It gives the licorice another drop path. Remember you can hit side spinners from above as well.

3) This next step was the hardest to figure out but it's crucial - you must destroy a lot of candies on the moves when the licorice drops. If you only destroy 3 or 4 candies on a drop, then only 3 or 4 pieces of licorice will drop and you'll never get to 80. The more candies you destroy on a drop move the more licorice will drop up to a limit of around 12-15 licorices. Sometimes if only a very small amount of licorice drops on a move, the drop may continue to the next move, but not always. Just one bad drop of only 4 or 5 licorices will kill your whole board. So save up combo pieces and use them when you think you're on a drop move.

Those are the necessary things. The rest is just advice:

- Licorice drops take place every 6 or 7 moves. If you clear out the center spinner and get a drop when the move counter reads 23 or 22 then you'll get maybe 4 drops the whole board. Make the most of each one.

- Clear out the bottom as much as you can of chocolate and blocks. It will give you more space to make combo pieces.

- Don't bother wasting power-ups on this board unless you're down to the very end and you have enough licorices on the board to win. Then you can use red hands or lollipop hammers if you want. Otherwise you can just run through all your power-ups for nothing.

I did get through this one after many, many tries, and without boosters. I often came close, down to single figures but ran out of moves and had no gold bars left. I concentrated on destroying all three spawners to give more chance of the licorice dropping. It's difficult, but it can be done.

I'm just posting for luck. I'm having a really hard time figuring out how to get enough licorice. There is no rhyme or reason to how they drop. Boosters don't help much. Don't bother to play on a PC. The bombs drop too fast. You have no hope of winning there. I'm playing on an iPad. At least there is a small amount of hope. Closest I've got is 19. Waiting on a lucky board. It's imperative you get rid of the middle spawner we as quickly as possible.

I am glad other people find candy crush frustrating. It's interesting how the game plays out on different devices. I wish candy crush would just finish so I could say I was with it to the end. Good luck everyone.

Getting very frustrated with King making it impossible to clear level because they don't give you the items you need!! Playing on an iPad, three times I needed 10 more licorice, with 6 moves left, and NOT ONE fell...... Now, that's ridiculous!! Don't play us for fools King!! We are your loyal players!!

Possibly nerfed a little this AM with new episodes released. Used check booster and 9 gold bars for extra moves (was close 12 needed) 2 hand switches and got the rest. Had never, ever been that close and wasn't going to let this get away. Hope it's true, what a stupid level

After not even getting close on iPad, I tried it on laptop. First try! Although bombs are dispensed from all three spawners, they were easy to destroy. Plenty of licorice came down, much of which was destroyed spontaneously, or so it seemed. JS

This level needs fixing, as hardly any licorice falls. Been playing for a week now and haven't once come close, even though I've used al, my boosters trying. Gonna stay away for a while and hope it gets fixed.

Not a good board to use boosters on other than at the very end if you know you'll win by using them. I wasted probably a dozen checkmarks and 8-10 color bombs on this level and in the end they weren't necessary. Drops will happen on or about when the counter says 22, 15, 8 and 2, roughly every 6-7 moves.

Bullshit! I've just played my 5 lives, here's how it goes on my android. 3 different games had NO licorice squares, made a move, since there are no squares none could be destroyed meaning the move after they would fall.....nope, all 3 times I had a special candy, 2 color bombs, 1 wrapped, it would be smart to use these after, cuz I just made a move that didn't destroy any do the next move you know they're gonna fall, so use a special candy so lots would fall, how about 0 fell.

Ok, I think I figured this level out (playing on iPhone) I finally beat it! So, everytime you blow up a spawner, more licorish fall.. Then I think more licorish fall when you cause a couple cascades.. I could be wrong, but it seemed to do the trick for me :) good luck y'all

After playing a good part of the day on my iPhone, passed on my 3rd try on PC. No boosters (because I don't have any of this platform right now). All I can say is that I totally ignored both the bombs and the chocolate. The first 2 times the bombs took me out but SO much more licorice fell on the PC. I think what makes the licorice fall is making combo moves that take out a lot of candy (assuming that you've removed the middle spawner so that it can fall down into the bottom part of the board). I worked on taking out the middle spawner asap, then tried to make and use special candies in the bottom part of the board. I was able to make 3 separate wrap/wrap combos and the resulting explosions released a lot of licorice each time. Eventually one side spawner was destroyed but not on purpose and pretty late in the game. I finished with one move left and 3 stars. I'd say if you have the option to switch to a PC for this one, do it. GL!

This level was not fun. Finally passed it on my droid phone but had to use a hand switch 9 gold bars for more moves. If it weren't for the sugar drop levels giving me free boosters, I'd never have made it this far. As stated above, the licorce fall when you crush candies on the top row but only if you haven't knocked out licorice in that move. It's pretty frustrating when you're also trying to keep track of bombs and knock out the spawn of Satan. Not enough moves so when I got it down to 11 licorice, I went ahead and used the gold bars. I hate doing that, but I was tired of this level.The real Anonymous. :)

Pat here. After many failed attempts on iPad, followed advice here and played on pc. Got it there second try with a saucer booster at the end. One tip is to try to break all spawn era so more licorice can fall down.

This board was so hard for me. I couldn't figure out why there wasnt ever enough licorice. I figured out that once the licorice would come out to not hit it but have 2 special moves ready to use. Like cookie with bomb. I did that every time and beat it finally.

I just passed this level on my iPad with no boosters. I finally decided that the spawners and chocolate are just clutter. Early on I made a chocolate bomb and a wrapped side by side and rather than save them, I set them off. Kind of blew up the screen (two spawners gone). Since I figured I may as well just collect sugar drops, I'd set up that same thing again. Again, the screen erupted!! lol. With no spawners and the chocolate cleared, I just tried to clear the long vertical drop down the centre of the board. Licorice dropped in a long line. Then I knocked them out and tried to clear that centre lane for more licorice. Done with seven moves left over and plenty more licorice left over. Up until I changed my strategy, I had been concentrating on wiping out the centre spawner and making sure I had one other one left. Not necessary at all. Just get rid of the clutter since the licorice forms at the very top.

It seems that there might be consecutive moves when licorice drops. At least that's how it seemed to me. I kept an eye on the top row and if I saw a single one appear I'd try to do something to create a cascade. I did it with moves to spare second time I'd spotted this.

The trick is eliminate at least one evil spawner and then to blast the upper conveyor belt to get it to drop licorice. Stripe/Wrapper combos work really well. It typically drops 10 or 15 licorice after being blasted like this.

This episode has sucked for the iPad. Many levels near impossible on iPad, yet I go on PC and get after a couple of tries. Like all the other commenters, on the iPad no where near enough liquorish. Also, many times I end up with a gap under the spawners so I can't make a match under them. IInspite of this I have even twice cleared every spawner and been playing a board at times with not one piece of liquorish on it. Pretty annoying. I don't understand why they do this. Will try on PC. I don't mind hard levels, but impossible ones are pointless.

That was me above who commented about Ipad vs PC. Just played on the PC, got this level in 2 goes, no boosters. The tips to target the middle spawner are right and then I concentrated on making lots of specials and hitting the other spawners as I could. Managed to get a choc sprinkle and wrap mix on a go when the liquorish came down, which was very helpful. Happy Crushing :-)

This is pure madness! I've been on this level for 3 days playing no less than 30 times a day. Licorice falls very little at a time until my last 5 moves, then it cascades down aplenty. Unfortunately, I am still at least 30 short to beat the level so extra moves don't even help. I did notice that once any of the spawners are crushed the more cascades of licorice fall....but only when I have 5-6 moves left. I'm not getting this level at all! Doesn't make sense and as someone above said, no rhyme nor reason in this level. I am totally defeated here. And I have no idea how to proceed in winning this level. Pure madness!

I think what causes the liquorice to fall is making combinations. I got through by first concentrating on the middle spawner then mostly ignoring the bombs and trying to make sprinkles, wrapped and striped so that I could set them off together whenever the opportunity occurred. The bombs got caught up in the mayhem.

Agree with anonymous above, nowhere near enough licorice falling to complete this level. I've tried all sorts of combos and nothing works. I usually end up with 10 or moves left and no licorice coming down to clear. Very frustrating.

I've been playing this for two day and the closest I've got is five licorice to get. I've blasted the board with striped and wrapped, Wrapped and wrapped, sprinkle and wrapped, but still the licorice won't come down. More than once I was down to needing seven more with twelve moves left and not one licorice has dropped. I want to bang my head against a brick wall!

This is like playing when (1) you don't know the rules and (2) you're playing with a brat who keep cheating!! I can't figure out how the licorice drops and it looks like I'm not the only one. Ridiculous level!!

Got it first time, 5 moves left. Started with a blue ufo, CB & stripped wrapped boosters. Made a CB stripped combo 1St move. Once I cleared the top right spawner, licorice keep falling down that column.

I take back what I said about exiting too soon, because later in day I passed it, & immediately upon getting enough licorice it went to candy crush & advanced, so I don't know what happened. Passed NBU.

I am so glad I do not pay anything to King. I completed this level finally and was given the completion notice but yet it would not give me my candy drops or two star credit. It made me play again and then gave me the candy drops and two star credit. Then it told me again that I had not completed the orders. I just exited out of the game and then started it again and I got advanced. What a mess.